Kenya's wavering energy sector may find it harder to access financing, which may lessen the chances of a quick solution to the pricing crisis in the domestic economy.

In what appears a twist to the pursuit of the deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry, the Federal Government has refused to grant import licence to traders and petroleum products marketers.

Operations of the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) may be affected as from today if the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) make good its threat to shut down the company, following the management's lackadaisical attitude

The much-awaited impro-ved power supply - for which a target of 6000mw was set for December by the Federal Government - will be mainly to the benefit of the manufacturing sector, according to the Minister of State for Commerce and

The federal government yesterday said it will continue to receive repentant militants who return their arms even though the October 4, deadline set for them has expired.

The decision of the Federal Government to fully deregulate the country's downstream petroleum sector has encountered serious opposition because government is putting the cart before the horse.

THE petrol shortage that gripped most parts of the country in the last one week has fizzled out and normalcy returned to most service stations after the 30 million litres of the commodity imported by the Government started arriving in

The Coalition of Residence and Business Association of Nigeria,(CRBAN) has urged all Nigerians to put a stop to the payment of electricity bills as it is a fraudulent act on the part of the nations utility company Power Holding Company

Despite being a new development compared to the likes of Bonga and Agbami fields, the Akpo field has been rated as a highly prospective field with the capacity to produce well over a million barrels of oil per day.

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Oyo State Chapter, Archbishop Joseph Akinfenwa has decried the planned deregulation of the petroleum sector by the federal government saying it is not the solution to Nigeria's ailing economy, saying it will

Director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Temisan Omatseye, has warned that Nigeria might compromise her economic security if the shipment of petroleum products into the country is left in the hands of foreign interests. And

It is always good that information passed on to the public by top government officials should be factual, sincere and with the right motives, since the masses rely on government pronouncements. Many utterances, reeking of truths, half-truths, and outright falsehoods

To deregulate the oil sector or not to deregulate it is an issue. When to do so is even more of an issue. The logic of deregulation is beginning to catch on, even among sections of organised Labour. The success

It is certain that Black Gold has been discovered in East Africa. The smell of petrodollars is literally hovering within proximity with confirmed reports that Uganda has discovered oil.

The current power rationing which has threatened to make companies incur losses and leave dozens of people jobless in the country will soon come to an end following President Jakaya's Kikwete's intervention.

National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (NUPENG) has said it would disrupt activities at the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) over what alleged as the poor condition of service of its members.

THE Uganda Electricity Transmission Company (UETCL) has released a $1.2bn, ten-year investment plan which will involve construction of power transmission projects in various parts of Uganda.

A decision to include Zanzibar in the countrywide power rationing will be known today after a meeting between the Zanzibar Electricity Company (Zeco) and the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco).

Oando PLC, Nigeria's integrated energy solutions provider has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Russia's energy giant, Gazprom.

The reasons behind the failure to providing stable electricity supply in the country by the past administration was poor coordination between the power sector and the gas sector, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mohammed